Former President George H. W. Bush Remembered in Maine

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Flowers and wreaths adorn a naval anchor honoring President George H.W. Bush on a bluff overlooking Walker’s Point in Kennebunkport on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. Photo by Irwin Gratz for Maine Public

George Herbert Walker Bush died late Friday. For many in the community surrounding Walker’s Point in Kennebunkport, Maine, the former president was much more than the leader of the free world — he was their beloved friend and neighbor.

No matter where in the globe former President Bush’s pursuits took him, he circled back every year, as if tethered, to Walker’s Point — the estate his ancestors established more than a century ago on a windy promontory off Kennebunkport.

“It’s where my family comes home, and it’s our anchor to windward,” he said. “It has great meaning in terms of family and we are blessed. The Bush family is blessed.”